National Democratic Institute Grant's Security Costs and Impact Generally Supported, but Department of State Oversight Limited
Abstract
This report addresses the Department of State's (DoS) management of a $50 million grant to the National Democratic Institute (NDI) for democracy-building activities in Iraq. This is the largest grant awarded to NDI by the Bureau of Administration, Office of Acquisitions Management (AQM) on behalf of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) and is intended to support governance, political party, and civil society programs in Iraq. DRL's mission is to lead U.S. efforts to promote democracy, protect human rights and international religious freedom, and advance labor rights globally. In a prior audit, SIGIR found that both NDI and the International Republican Institute (IRI), which also received DRL democracy grants, had significant security costs, and DRL did not have documentation on whether either grant was meeting its goals (SIGIR 10-012). Subsequently, SIGIR reviewed IRI's largest DRL grant more in depth (SIGIR 10-022). In this follow up audit, SIGIR's objectives are to examine for NDI's $50 million DRL grant, the reasonableness, allowability, and allocability of NDI's claimed security costs, and the extent to which the grantee documented its success in achieving governance, political participation, and civil society goals and objectives.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 13, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA545970
Entities
People
- Bill Bedwell
- Daniel Chen
- Glenn Furbish
- Joan Hlinka
- Robert Whiteley
- Whitney Miller
Organizations
- Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction